Jordan fell silent again.
"If that's all, Jordan, I'm hanging up."
When he didn't reply, Isabella ended the call.
Tossing her phone onto her desk, Isabella leaned back and swiveled her chair side to side. After a moment, she grabbed her phone again and dialed Stephanie's number.
Stephanie was keeping vigil by Ethan's side, so calling her was the only way to reach him.
Stephanie picked up almost immediately.
"Stephanie,"
Isabella began gently, checking in on Ethan first. "How is Ethan doing today? Is he in better spirits?"
Stephanie looked over at her grandson, who was still entirely immobilized in his hospital bed. Ethan's condition was frail; he spent most of his time asleep and was currently dozing off again.
After brushing so closely with death, it was a miracle he had survived at all. A full recovery was going to take a very long time.
"He's about the same. Very weak, and still sleeping more than he's awake. He still can't eat solid foods and is surviving on an IV drip. The doctors said we might be able to give him some plain oatmeal starting tomorrow."
"His injuries were incredibly severe, and he's only just been pulled off the critical list. It will take time, but he'll recover."
"Please take care of yourself too, Stephanie. You should go home and rest while the younger family members take turns watching him. Ethan is resilient. He'll show real improvement in a few days."
Isabella offered her comforting words, genuinely concerned about the elderly woman's health.
"I only come during the day," Stephanie replied. "His parents and his aunts and uncles take the night shifts. The younger boys have to focus on keeping the company running."
With Ethan incapacitated, the massive weight of The Adams Group had landed squarely on Jeremy and Frank's shoulders.



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The readers' comments on the novel: After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan)
I will be devastated if Isabella and Ethan will get back together. Please, writer, Isabella deserves Harold....
Author, please get your characters names right. You always messing them up!...
I wish Harold will win Isabella's heart. I was so sad when Isabela was taken for granted coldly and cruelly by her supposed to be husband, and trapped,mocked and humiliated non stop by Natalie. This was so cruel, both don't deserve Isabela' forgiveness I wish for a happy ending between Isabela and Harold, he has the right to be happy after the long wait....
Frankly, the story initially was going quite good and the pacing was just right. unfortunately after Ethan got the dream of his past life, the story has been going in circles. Ethan's spouting the same nonsense every time he sees Isabella, they both have same conversations over and over. The authors monologue too has been the same for almost 400 chapters. Irrespective of which character the writing the just a repetition of what someone had gone through in the past and what made a certain character feel the emotions. York got introduced in 800 chapters yet nothing significant happened till date. Isabella is soft with Harold and kind of disgusted with Ethan, yet it is not entirely clear with whom she might end up. If she stays single i am fine with it but the story is clearly about Isabella and Ethan so almost 1000 chapters without seeing any progress in their relationship is frustrating. Except for being blindly in love and few aggressive instances with Isabella, Ethan actually isnt a bad person so i am fine if he can win her back. Even though Harold is coming off as a good second lead, i am somehow unable to warm upto him. Even the bad people in the story are not really facing any real consequences. I hate Jackson for his hypocrisy. I hate Jordan and Natalie for their self-righteouness and selfishness. I also hate Deborah, except when she is handing it out to Natalie. I am almost on the verge of dropping this story....
Why are they acting like kids 🤣😭...
Ethan is actually not that bad if we take out his blind love for Natalie...